Printing apparatus, printing apparatus control method, and storage medium storing program thereof

摘要

The printing apparatus discharges, to a discharge unit, the sheet bearing the image printed by the print operation. The printing apparatus controls to execute sample printing according to accept a sample printing request during the print operation, and discharge a page obtained by the sample printing to a discharge destination different from the discharge unit. The printing apparatus discharges, to a second discharge location different from a first discharge location, a sheet subsequent to the sheet discharged to the first discharge location, according to accept the sample printing request during a print operation during which the sheet discharge unit discharges a sheet to the first discharge location of the discharge unit.

主权项

1. A printing apparatus comprising:
a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet; a sheet discharge unit configured to discharge, to a first discharge unit, the sheet on which an image is printed by said printing unit; an accepting unit configured to accept a sample printing request; a sample printing control unit configured to, when said accepting unit accepts the sample printing request, control said printing unit to print a sample image on a sample sheet, and discharge the sample sheet to a second discharge unit which is different from the first discharge unit; and a discharge control unit configured to change discharge position of the first discharge unit to which the sheet is discharged by said sheet discharge unit when the sample image is printed in a first mode, and not to change discharge position of the first discharge unit to which the sheet is discharged by said sheet discharge unit when the sample image is printed in a second mode.